I hope you can help Bongo with his insecurities and re-socialize him, he is an awesome looking dog. I bet he can be a sweetheart if he was treated properly when he was a puppy!

I hope we can manage too. He is trying so hard and we have been attack-free for 3 weeks now :D He is absolutely adorable, very loving and very attached . I wish his previous owners all the worst, how can you neglect a being so badly :/

oh wow, very pretty. love his coloring. Also, geat photo! What gear do ya use? Canon 60D here

Yes he has little light brown stripes in his fur, like a boxer or staffy :D Ooooh haha, I am hopeless with photography, my friend Kim does all the beautiful photos but I think she also has a 60D with a huge-thing to screw on the camera, objective I think it is called?!

The English word for Objektiv is just "lens" -- the term "objective" is used only in very technical situations.

he's sure a cutie, ;; really hopes everything works out for him...

Me too, he deserves to be fine and happy! He can be so sweet but then he gets triggered and bam-like Max he bites very hard and makes deep holes :( But we have been attack-free for 3 weeks now, I'm so proud of him for trying so hard <3

He's a beautiful dog! I hope that everything goes well! I will think about you guys!

We appreciate it, thank you so much *hugs* We are a team again and atm things are looking pretty good! I love to work with him and he enjoys working with me, that is a good start ;D

Anytime! You guys are awsome for helping out! *Hugs* I am so happy to hear that! Keep up the great work!

ich hab hier auch so ein Monster, das eingeschläfert werden sollte, weil sie bissig war... inzwischen ist sie ein wundervoller Hund (was definitiv nicht nur mir zu verdanken ist, sondern vor allem meinem Mann, der sie vor allem in den ersten Jahren nicht aufgegeben hat (da kannte ich die beiden noch gar nicht)). Anyway, es hat sich gelohnt und ich drücke euch sehr, sehr fest die Daumen, dass ihr das zusammen hinkriegt, Stück für Stück!
Wenn du magst, guck dir doch mal die Hunde'schule' "footstep" von Nicole Fröhlich an. In meinen Augen ein wirklich interessantes Konzept, das sie da verfolgt, und vielleicht hilfts euch ja, wer weiss. :)

alles Gute!

Wir haben uns wieder zusammen-gerauft, es war ein steiniger Weg mit viel Herzschmerz und Tränen aber ich arbeite seit 4 Wochen jetzt wieder mit ihm und seit 3 Wochen sind wir "Angriffs-Frei" was mich unglaublich stolz macht weil er endlich wieder will. Er gibt sich so große Mühe alles recht zu machen. Vorgestern z.B. hat er mich anfixiert und geknurrt, hat dann aber von sich aus den Blickkontakt unterbrochen und weggeschaut! Ich hätte heulen können vor Freude, haha ;D Ja man muss sehr, sehr langsam tun, wir vergessen oft, dass diese kleinen Wesen teilweise eine sehr kaputte Seele haben. Die repariert man nicht von heute auf morgen. Bei uns wird alles erschwert, dass er nicht meiner ist sondern im Tierheim sitzt. Ich versuche jeden Tag zu ihm zu fahren und zu üben. Nicole Fröhlich kenne ich noch nicht, ich arbeite nach dem Animal-learn Konzept aber ich schau sie mir auf jeden Fall mal an, vielleicht hat sie ja den einen oder anderen Tipp :D

wundervoll! :) freut mich sehr zu lesen, dass es wird... :D und ja, das mit dem Reparieren stimmt leider. :/ umso schöner, dass es geduldige Menschen gibt - und solche Erfolge sind der Dank. :)
oh, klar - nicht mit ihm zusammen zu leben machts sicher nicht einfacher...
ich drücke euch beiden feste die Daumen und wünsche euch alles Gute!

What breed of dog is he?

Sadly I don't know, he had no papers when he was convfscated :( but according to his behavior and the way he looks I'd say Bardino/Border Collie/Rottweiler Mix!

confiscated I mean ^^"

After your last post, I hope I'm not tempting Fate, but... what news of Bongo?

Ooooh no you are not :D We are moving slowly but surely <3 The "to-do-list" with him is turning into a book, there is so much wrong with my poor boy, he is very damaged. For example I just found out how much he hates eye-contact, he starts to growl and doesn't like it at all as he feels I am challenging him. At the moment he can look at me for 3 seconds and he is okay, I can touch his collar without him going berserk :D I totally don't want to trigger him therefore we take very, very small steps, as long as he wants to work with me and tries to keep himself under control we are fine. It takes a lot of time, everybody who doesn't know how broken a dog can be would consider me insane for being happy that he can look at me without getting angry and attacking. It took 3 months to get there but the happy news is that our management sees his progress and that he is trying! I still have him declared not ready for adoption as it still is way too dangerous to find him a family, I could never forgive myself if something happened. In summer I want to get a dog-goddess to our shelter, maybe she has the one or other idea :) At least he is save for the time being, they said if we work the way we are he won't be put down. When they told me I felt like mount everest falling off my heart, such a relief. Still, one of the next steps is to introduce him to my boys, he already knows Alfie and they get on very well :D In case everything goes down the drain again I will take him with me. Lets hope things will turn out even brighter as I can't really afford another dog but... ja, before he is due to die, he is mine, I promised him this and I always keep my promises ;)

You are seriously inspiring, you know that? :)